| Pas A. Fly 5, 5, 1978 - North Shore News

Sven ya SEAT re:

| opinions about what it’s.
like to be out:of work’
today. Some people say
they have been looking —
for work for; a long time

pt Se

‘Others. insist that if a |
man wants. to,. he can =
find work. Let’s see |
what a few of the job |

cane ” Rearse Ward” | Nom Lovell ages Anoxyaiées : -
hunters say. North Vancouver -. North Vancouver North Vancomver "North Vancouver _ . North Vancouver,
i ‘spend. a lot of time looking Although ‘there are not: tes it’s “pretty ‘tough. . Tm - a Its ‘the’ pits... I'v ve” “been Tm. an unemployed. elec
for work. It's’ been -two many jobs, if a guy wants to ‘studenty ‘and. I've ‘been coming to Manpower for 24% . I think “the job.
_ Months now. I- repair boats, — work, I think he can find looking for three weeks...n0 months and I still haven't hunting: situation is: getting
and fines Still: look. grim, _ some kind Of job. - luck yet. : oy - found a job, especially i in mY You eith Canada Ma have to:
Rae - : ‘own trade, Sibreglassing. deal with Canada. ‘Manpower
and. could deal: with” ‘em-

it’s tough not to believe that

the government - yours and —

mine, of the federal variety ~
has a death wish. Rumour
holds that the latest addition

to Ottawa is a Ministry for
Fouling Up Otherwise Useful -

Programs. .

The latest program to fall.
victim. to this omnipresent,

omnipotent group of. misan-

thropic bureaucrats . is some-.

thing known as the Small Busi-

ness Intern Program (SBIP). ©.

Though it started out as a rath-

er intelligent product. of the |

There : are ° days aye (heen? eg - ee: to. ‘regional: cst Kacey,

more and more frequent) when

| Trade and: ‘Commerce cen-

tres for review. How many —
employers will be willing to.

wait for hiring approval? |

Limited funding. If (in spite _
of. government-imposed

: odds) the program is a rua-

" away success, it will be ne-  §

cessary to ration the assis- .

tance.

‘Meanwhile, the program = Q |

war Stalled’ s aamesl : dune’ fmareler

SNe whee ad Abses SOF a

| because the provinces objected, :
to federal meddling in educa- °

tion, a provincial responsibil-

ity). By the time information

investment? ||

| __, Ployers direct. a

x

Answer ... lacrease your loan cr mortgage payments
by a few more doiiars pert month. .

For example, ona 10%%, ten thousand dollar rnottgage, _
Over 25 years, if you increase your monthly BG over by.

- $10.00 you will save approximately $75 0 over the
life of the loan. .

~ / reached the empioyers, many >
depertmente who reodiied tee companies would heclosed for sarees,
original program appeardeter- holidays. So the programs |: a your Credit Union you can increase your .
mined to carve RIP next t ° -won’t get into gear until Sep- vith or mortgage payment at any time
SBIP. tember: ; without penalty.

SBIP was conceived as one But, by September, the 7 ; a
responisé to the immediate “grads have filtered out of the: 7 On the other hand, if you're 9 looking forashort- [&
problem of high unemploy- school system. Which means — ’ term investment, our short term deposits yield — :
ment among recent college and that the first crop of students © <> some of the highest interest rates you can. find
university grads. The Small available for SBIP assistance anywhere. i
Business Secretariat realized won't be available until next of
that some of the unemploy- spring - by which time federal = }
ment could be eliminated if funds could have been cut off. _ Ceara [an ammo [ FEATURE -
small business would take on nea _ ;
more grads. Although small. bu, by wow you. oo ne le. “ll 7¥2% 60 Days May be ml .
business is reluctant to hire re- 8 rhe way the small a wo: | SHORT TERM | | redeomed | ii
cent graduates because they. - oie way fie sman Oust: af (Minimum $600.00 7%6% 90 Days prior to 18
lack work-related skills but de-  - ness community looks at this a — . 18% “maturity at} 9 ag
mand higher wages, the SBIP latest example of government | jae

would offset this higher cost
with a generous subsidy.

The basic concept was fine.
But the final draft of the plan
incorporated several unpleas-
ant details, including:

~ Ottawa refuses to guarantee |

“assistance”, with friends like
this, who needs enemies?

Meanwhile, there is no ob- 7
vious effort underway by gov.
erament to correct the true ff
- flaw in the system:. the failure

of our education. system to

equip students for life in the”

180 Days reduced ma |

B%% 270 Days} terest.

subsidies beyond March, a | Waal | en 7 |
1979. Manyemployerscould work force. Ifourschoolswere @ | Credit Union | — 7
be cut off before receiving doing their job, Canada | i | 1a
their fail subsidies. Ottawa wouldn't needa plantkeSBIP = ‘Three ‘ocatlous in North Vancouver: re |
regards thisasatechnicality; - perfect or wot. .

employers are more con-
cermed,.

~ Applications for hiring raust |

be submitied by the employ-

“Think small” is an editorial.
massago from the Cansdian

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